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Show part2; OfCOMMON-WEAL TH. Chap. 3 I. m2; ofcouiwon-WEA L7H. Nature, are Naturafl, and in rcl'peét of the fame God, as he is King "world, and hath given Pratcepts, and propounded Rewards, and Pu- of Kings, are Lama. But of the Kingdome of God, as King of hiflqmcnts to Mankind, are Gods Subjeéts -, all the refl , are to be un- Kinos, and as King alfo of a peculiar $013k, I {hall fpeak in the refl: . CHAP. XXX]. Chaptm‘. " ‘ lute Liberty, fuch as is theirs,that neither are Soveraigns, nor Subjects, is Anarchy, and the condition of Warre: That the Przcepts, b which men are guided to avo‘yd that condition , are the Lawes 0 Nature : That a Common-wealth, without Soverai n Power, is but a word, without fubfiance, and cannot Rand: T iat Subjects owe to Soveraigns, fimple Obedience, in all things, wherein their obedience is not repugnant to the Lawes of God,I have fufhciently proved, in that which I have already written. There wants onely, for the entire knowled e of Civill duty, to know what are thofe Lawes of God. For wit iout that, a man knows not, when he is commanded any thing by the Civill Power, whether it be contrary to the I aw of God, or not: and (0, either b too much civill obedience, offends the Divine Maiefly, or throu h feare of offending God, tranfgrefles the commandements of t e To av0yd both thele Rocks, it is neceffary to know what are the Lawes Divine. And feeing the knowledge of all Law, dependeth on the knowledge of the Sovetaign Power 5 Ifliall fay fomething in that which followeth, of the K i N c n o M p. o p G O D. phi/.96 x. God is King, let the Earth rejoyce, faith the Pfalmift, And again Goal is King theta hthe Nation: he angry; and he that fittah on the) Who awful» Cheruhinr,thaug the earth he moved. Whether men will or not, TIA/.93-Ijet}: m I J : fold Word of bglgi‘hgethoa fuflicietii, and clear Promulgation, fuch as may take awaythe excufe of Ignorance ; which in the Lawes of men is but of God, Rea/5m, Revelation, Prophet}, voycc of man. But God .declareth his Lawes three wayes; by the Diétates of Natural! Reajon, by Revel/mm: and by the V0)" 0f fome mm, to whom by the ope ration of Miracles, he procureth cre- Hat the condition of meet-Nature, that is to fay, of abi'o- Common-wealth. A Thrui relfe the are no Lawes : For to the nature 0 Lawes one onely kind, and that is, Proclamation, or Promulgation by the OfrheKiNGDOME or Goo BYNATuttE, 187 _ E mics. ‘ deaf}:(331:1), riii/'ords, requires that fuch Words be mamfcf'tl made of this difcourfe. 7 Inf/[ope of the fol/owing Che/L31. they mufl be {object alwayes to the Divine Power . By denying the kingdom: 0f Exil'r‘ence, or Providence of God, men may (bake off their Eafe, but God. not their Yoke. But to call this Power of God, which extend eth it felfe not onely to Man, but alfo to Beaits, and Plants, and Bodies inanimate, by the name of Kingdome, is but a metaphoricall we of the word. For he onely is properly faid to Raigne, that governs his Subjcas, by his Word, and by promife ofRewards to thoie that obey it, and by threatning them with Puniiliment that obey it not. Subjefts therefore in the Kingdome of God, are not Bodies Inanh mate, nor creatures Irrationall, becaufe they underfland no Preccp rs as his: Nor Atheifis -, nor they that believe not that God hrs any care ofthe aetions ofiiiankind ,becauie they acknowledge no \Vord for his, nor have hope or his rewards, or fear of his thre .tnings. They therefore that believe there is a God that gotternem the \"Ol'ld. dit with the reft. From hence there arifeth a triple Word of God, Rational, Smflhle, and Prophetique .- to which Correl‘pondeth a triple Hearing .7 Right Radian, Sen/e Separmtumll, and Faith As for Senfe Supernaturall,whic confifleth in Revelation, or Infpii'ation, there have not been any Univerfall Lawes fo given, becaufe God fpeaketh n0t in that manner, but to particular perfons, and to divers men div 'er thin s. l Fsrom zighe difierence between the other two kinds of Gods Word, A twofold Emma/l, and Prophetiqm, there may be attributed to God, a two- Km‘gdame fold Kin dome, JV/lttlrll/l, and Prophetique : Natural], wherein he 9f Gad, governet as many of Mankind as acknowledge his Provrdence, by Natural! the naturall Diétates of Right Reafon; And Prophetique, wherein and Trap/1:5 having cholen out one peculiar Nation (the Jewes) for his Subjeéts, fugue. he governed them, and none but them,‘not onely by naturall Reafon, but by Pofitive Lawes, which he gave them bythe mouths of his holy Pro hets. Of the Naturall Kingdome ofGod I intend to {peak in this C rapier. _ ' ‘ The Right of Nature, whereby God reigneth over men, and pu- The Rzrrht a niihcththofcthatbreak his Lawes, is to be derived, not from his God; 53%-]: Creating them, as if he required obedience, as of Gratitude for his might; 14' .13.. bench ts ; but from his Irrefiflihle Power. I have formerly {liewndiow «7/ d fram the Soveraign Right arifeth from Paét : To {hew how the fame 1;: 0mm)»; fence. Right may arilc from Nature' requires no more, but to £th in what cafe it is never taken away. Seeing all men by Nature had Right to All things, they had Right every one to reigne over all the reit. Brit be :riufe this Right could not be obtained by force, it concerned the fafety of every one, laying by that Right, to fet up men (with Soveraign Authority ) by common confent, to rule and defend them : whereas if there had been any man of Power Irrefifli- ble -, there had been no reafon, why he {hould not by that Power have ruled, and defended both himfelfe, and them, according to his own difcretion. To thofe therefore whofe Power is irrefiftible, the dominion of all men adhaareth naturally by their excellence of Power; and confequently it is from that Power, that the Kingdome over memand the Right of Afflicting men at his pleafure,belongeth Naturally to God Almighty; not as Creator, and Gracious; but as OmempOtent. And though Puniihment be due for Sinne by that word is undetfiood Afliitftion for Sinne; onely, becaufe yet the Right of i B_ b ' A'fliiéting, |